| 1954 |
Born in Nagano |
| 1978 |
Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University |
| 1983-87 |
Studied under Professor Raimer Jochims at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste: Städelschule: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2000〜 |
Professor of Tokyo Zokei University (1993: Full-Time Lecturer; 1994: Associate Professor) |
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| The Subject of Study |
Created as well as theoretically examined the work "Spirituality in Painting and the Format."
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Keywords:
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<Painting><Format> |
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<Even-Numbered Linked Panels: Japanese Screen/Wall PaintingーOdd-Numbered Linked Panels: Western Altarpiece>
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<Prospect Cottage for Painting><LandscapeーTopography><Site-Specific> |
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<Image><WindowーFilmy-State> <IconーVisual Interaction> |
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| Biography |
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In 1986, while he was studying in Germany, Motai conceived the idea of a painting form that could link multiple numbers of panels. Based on this idea, he developed his works along with his theoretical studies on his main theme of “the interrelationship between a format (the length-width ratio and size of a work) and spirituality.” |
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After he returned to Japan, he studied the structural comparison between Japanese screen/wall paintings and Western altarpieces. He settled in Tachikawa, Tokyo in 1988. Through his studies, he created a group of works that was characterized by even-numbered linked panels, blank spaces, and an oblong format. Upon moving his studio to Fujino, Kanagawa in 1995, he named this group of works the TA (Tachikawa) series. |
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The TA painting series has been developed through his interplay with the Prospect Cottage for Painting series (open-air installations), which he has continuously created since 1999. This series, which is in the form of a hut with windows, acts as a device through which viewers can visually experience the external scenes from windows in a variety of formats. |
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From 2001, he began creating the Qf series that uses icons and the Buddha's palm as his models, and which pervades a square-format canvas with colors and brushstrokes, without leaving any blank spaces. This series has been developed based on a principle opposite from the TA series.
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